Ministry of Home Affairs
NAXALITE ACTIVITIES
As per Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, subjects of Police and Public Order are with the State Governments. However, the Government of India  has been supplementing the efforts of States affected by left wing extremism. To address the issue of Left Wing Extremism  holistically, a National Policy and Action Plan to address Left Wing Extremism  was approved in 2015. It envisages a multi-pronged strategy involving security related measures, development interventions, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities etc. While on security front, the Central Government assists the LWE affected State Government by providing Central Armed Police Forces battalions, training, provision of funds through schemes like Security Related Expenditure  and Special Infrastructure Scheme , funds for modernization of State police forces, equipment & arms, sharing of intelligence, construction of Fortified Police Stations etc; on development side, the Central Government has taken various measures including construction of roads, installation of mobile towers, improving network of banks, post offices, health and education facilities in the LWE areas.
Under Security Related Expenditure  Scheme funds are provided to LWE affected states for capacity building of the States through provisions of ex-gratia to the family of civilian/security forces killed in LWE violence, training and operational needs of security forces, rehabilitation of surrendered LWE cadre, community policing, compensation to security force personnel/civilians for property damage by left wing extremists, etc. Under the scheme, funds are not released district-wise but state-wise. Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori districts of Madhya Pradesh and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra are covered under the scheme. Rs.1485 crore have been released to the LWE affected states in last 05 years. This includes Rs.14.05 crore for Madhya Pradesh and Rs.91.63 crore for Maharashtra.
Under Special Infrastructure Scheme , funds are provided to States for the following purposes:
- Strengthening of their Special Forces  Special Intelligence Branches  for LWE operations only.
- Strengthening/construction of Fortified Police Stations.
- Strengthening of district police.
Under the scheme, funds are not released district-wise but state- wise. Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori districts of Madhya Pradesh and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra are covered under the scheme. A total of Rs.324.90 crore have been released to the LWE affected states since 2018-19. This include Rs.0.71 crore for Madhya Pradesh and Rs.12.85 crore for Maharashtra.
To give further impetus for development in the most LWE affected districts, funds are provided to the States under ‘Special Central Assistance ’ to fill the critical gaps in public infrastructure and services. Rs.3120.74 crore has been released to the States since 2018-19. The details of funds  released to the districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are as under:
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State
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Funds released
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Balaghat 
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20
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Mandla 
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2.5
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Gadchiroli 
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69.88
On development front, apart from flagship schemes of Government of India  has taken several specific initiatives in LWE affected States, with special thrust on expansion of road network, improving Telecom connectivity, skill development and financial inclusion:
- For expansion of road network, 13234 km roads have been constructed. Of which 250 km of roads in Madhya Pradesh and 869 km in Maharashtra have been constructed.
- To improve telecom connectivity, 2343 mobile towers are installed in phase-I of the Mobile Tower Project. Of which 22 in Madhya Pradesh and 65 in Maharashtra have been installed.
- Under phase-II of the Mobile Tower Project, 2542 Mobile Towers are under installation. Of these, 23 are for Madhya Pradesh and 125 are for Maharashtra. In additional to this, 05 more towers have been approved for Madhya Pradesh in May, 2023.
- For financial inclusion of the local populace in these areas 927 Bank Branches , 944 ATMs  and 27513 Banking Correspondents  in 30 Most LWE Affected Districts since April-2015.
- 4903 new Post Offices in 90 districts have been opened during last 08 years. Of these 511 are opened in Madhya Pradesh and 829 are opened in Maharashtra.
- For skill development 43 ITIs  and 38 Skill Development Centres   have been made functional in LWE affected districts.
- For quality education in tribal blocks of LWE affected districts 125 Eklavya Model Residential Schools  have been made functional in 90 LWE affected districts, of which 11 are in Madhya Pradesh and 09 are in Maharashtra.
Steadfast implementation of this policy has resulted in consistent decline in LWE violence across the nation. The number of LWE related violent incidents have come down by 76% in 2022 in comparison of high of 2010. The number of resultant deaths  have also reduced by 90% from all time high of 1005 in 2010 to 98 in 2022. Details of LWE violence in LWE affected States during the last five years  are as under: -
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Parameter/Year
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023

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Incidents
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833
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670
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665
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361148|
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413118|
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27363|
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Deaths

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240
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202
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183
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147
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98
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79Incidents perpetrated by Left Wing ExtremistsIncidents Initiated by Security Forces
From 2022, the data is maintained separately for number of incidents perpetrated by Left Wing Extremists & Incidents initiated by Security Forces.
The geographical spread of LWE violence has also been constricted and the districts reporting violence also reduced from 96  to 45 .
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.